Collar-support.



PATEN'IED NOV. 20, 1906.

A. HAVILAND.

-GOLLAR SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16,1906.

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D {NYE/\ TOR Jyf/WWZJ By torney AGNES HAVILAND, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

COLLAR-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed May 16, 1906. Serial No. 317.156.

To all whom it inwy concern:

Be it known that I, AGNES HAVILAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a collar-support, and is particularly adapted for supporting the fabric of a collar, stock, belt, or other article of wearing-apparel which it is desired to maintain in extended position.

The invention has for an object to provide a support adapted to be engaged at its opposite ends with the fabric by means of apertures in the support through which the fabric may be inserted and held by any preferred device.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of such support adapted to cooperate with a holding-pin having an enlarged head lying within an aperture at the end of the support and the point of said pin being. extended through a guard carried by the support intermediate of its ends.

Other and further objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter set forth, and the novel features thereof defined by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the rear or under side of the fabric to which the support is applied. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the front thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the fabric, showing the support in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective of the support, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of a modified form thereof.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in the several views of the drawings.

The numeral 1 designates the fabric to be supported, which may be of any desired character or article of wearing-apparel. The support 2 is provided at its opposite ends with apertures 3, which may be formed in any desired manner, preferablyby means of coiling the Wire body of the support, as shown at 4. The ends 5 from these coils are carried toward the center of the support and one thereof twisted about the other, as shown at 6, in order to form a guard through which the point of a pin 7 or other securing device may be passed to prevent its engagement or contact with the body or clothing of the wearer. It has also been found desirable to provide an enlarged head 8 upon this securing-pin, which when inserted in holding position is disposed within the coils, and thus prevented from accidental disengagement from the fabric held thereby. The fabric is secured to the support by forcing the portion 9 thereof through the apertures 3 and inserting the securing-pin through this projecting portion. As a convenient means of projecting this portion a button 10 or similar device may be used and the pin passed through the eye or shank 11 thereof, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. This shank carries the projected portion 9 of the material through the aperture in the support.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 5 the support is adapted to be formed from the plate 12, provided at its opposite ends with apertures or openings 13, extending therethrough, and at its central portion with a surrounding band or guard portion 14, through which the point of the pin 7 is adapted to pass as before described. The fabric may be projected through one'or both of the apertures 13 and secured by the pin or other device passed therethrough, or, if found desirable, a studbutton, as shown at 15, may be passed through one or more of these apertures, as shown at the top of Fig. 5, and a cap secured upon the projected shank at the opposite side thereof.

It will be seen that the. support herein illustrated is adapted to. be formed of a sin gle piece of material having apertures at its opposite ends, and in a construction formed of wire a continuous piece may be used, the twisted end of which forms the protectingguard for the end of the pin, while the'coiled portion, being of greater thickness than the single strand of wire, engages the head of the pin and prevents it slipping outfrom the fabric, so as to accidentally release the support therefrom. By passing the body of the fabric through the apertures at the ends of the support a very convenient, simple, and efiicient means of attaching the support to the material is provided, and a pin or any other desired means may be used in connection with the support for retaining these projected portions in position.

It is obvious that ornamental buttons or other devices may be applied to the material at the point where projected through the ap ertures of the support and the eyes or shanks thereof utilized to receive the securing device.

Having now described my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A support of the class described. provided at opposite ends with apertures therethrough, a guard disposed intermediate of the ends of the support, a securing device cooperating with one of said apertures, and a securing device adapted to engage material at theother aperture and enter said guard.

2. A support of the class described provided at opposite ends with apertures through which the material to be supported is projected, securing-pins passing through the projected portions of the material, and a guard carried by the support intermediate of its ends through Which the points of said pins are adapted to extend.

3. Asupport of the class described formed of a single strand'provided With coils at its opposite ends one of the free ends of said strand being twisted about the body thereof to engage the opposite free end and form a guard portion.

4. A support of the class described provided with apertures at its opposite ends, a projecting device having a shank adapted to force the material to which the support is applied through said apertures, and a securing device adapted to pass through the shank of said projecting device.

5. A support of the class described pro vided wit-h coiled portions at its opposite ends and an intermediate guard portion, securing-pins having enlarged heads adapted to lie within said coiled portions and have their points extended through the guard portion.

In testimony whereof I a'ffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AGNES HAVIL'AND. Witnesses WILLIAM C. lVICLEOD, RAYMOND SOHINDLER. 

